Actor Studio Tutorial Actor Studio Tutorial Miscellaneous Specifications (Actors, Textures, Level Design) GTest Options and Switches Programming Tutorials Take off the HUD and messages or modify them Scale down the world and its parameters Create a new UserContent (Ladder) Casting the shadow of the Bots Programming Tutorials by Bob Lawrence FMOD implementation for background sound

World Editor Tutorial 1. Presentation of GEdit 2. Building a simple room 3. Lighting 4. Adding actors (Bots) 5. Doors 6. Elevators and moving platforms 7. Mirrors and glass 8. Water 9. How to create a pencil of light 10. PathPoints 11. Sky 12. Change level 13. Compiling Appendix A: The Bots Appendix B: Entity Header files Appendix C: Shortcut keys Appendix D: The Initialization file

CREATE A NEW USER CONTENT

Go in GENVS.H :
...
    #pragma GE_BrushContents
    typedef enum
    {
        Water = 0x00010000,
        Lava = 0x00020000,
        Ladder = 0x00040000,
    } UserContentsEnum;
...

Go in GMAIN.H :
...
    #define CONTENTS_WATER  GE_CONTENTS_USER1
    #define CONTENTS_LAVA  GE_CONTENTS_USER2
    #define CONTENTS_LADDER  GE_CONTENTS_USER3
...

Go in BOT.C :
...
    #define CONTENTS_WATER  GE_CONTENTS_USER1
    #define CONTENTS_LAVA  GE_CONTENTS_USER2
    #define CONTENTS_LADDER  GE_CONTENTS_USER3
...

Go in GPLAYER.H :
...
    typedef enum
    {
        // For clients, etc...
        PSTATE_Normal = 0,
        PSTATE_InAir,
        PSTATE_InLava,
        PSTATE_InWater,
        PSTATE_InLadder,
        PSTATE_Running,
        PSTATE_Dead,
        PSTATE_DeadOnGround,
        //Etc…
    } GPlayer_PState;
...
 

Go in GMAIN.C inside the function "geBoolean UpdatePlayerContents":
...
    if (geWorld_GetContents(World, &Player->XForm.Translation, &Player->Mins, &Player->Maxs, GE_COLLIDE_MODELS, 0, NULL, NULL, &Contents))
    {
        // Check to see if player is in lava...
        if (Contents.Contents & CONTENTS_WATER)
        {
                Player->State = PSTATE_InWater;
        }
        else if (Contents.Contents & CONTENTS_LAVA)
        {
                Player->State = PSTATE_InLava;
        }
        else if (Contents.Contents & CONTENTS_LADDER)
        {
                Player->State = PSTATE_InLadder;
        }
        else (PlayerLiquid(Player))
                Player->State = PSTATE_Normal;
    }
...
 

Go in GMAIN.C inside the function "geBoolean PlayerPhysics" :
...
    switch (Player->State)
    {
        case PSTATE_InLava:
        case PSTATE_InWater:
                Player->Velocity.Y -= PLAYER_GRAVITY*Time*0.05f;
                break;
        case PSTATE_InLadder :
                Player->Velocity.Y -= 0.0f;
                break;
        default:
                Player->Velocity.Y -= PLAYER_GRAVITY*Time;
                break;
    }
...
 

Go in GMAIN.C inside the function "int32 PlayerLiquid" :
...
//=============================================================================

// PlayerLiquid
//=============================================================================

int32 PlayerLiquid(GPlayer *Player)
{
    if (Player->State == PSTATE_InLava)
            return 10;
    else if (Player->State == PSTATE_InWater || Player->State == PSTATE_InLadder)
            return 5;

    return 0;
}
...
 

Screen Shot of the Brush Attributes dialog box using the new UserContent Ladder: